Aryeh's Israel Outlook

Pomeranz Bookseller, Nefesh B’Nefesh, and Jerusalism are pleased to present: My Israel Trail: Finding Peace in the Promised Land Aryeh Green Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 | 8 PM Pomeranz | Be'eri St 5, Jerusalem Join us for a uniquely moving, fascinating and uplifting talk, based on Aryeh’s book about his hike on the Israel Trail and healing from his divorce.   Come share in his trek, as he offers a new perspective on Israel – the land, the country, its history and people – and illuminating insights from the experience. Accompanied by photos and videos; book available for purchase at the event. Natan Sharansky celebrates Aryeh’s “engaging passion and persistence”; Mayim Bialik calls the book a “fascinating journey” and “beautiful exploration of self and identity”. After a devastating divorce, which rocked his world and confounded his deeply-held optimism, Aryeh Green’s goal was to get his life back on track.  His hike along Shvil Yisrael , the Isra...

יולי אדלשטיין: ממשלה מוסרית ויציבה... והצדק מתקדם זה די פשוט, עשו את החשבון: לגוש המרכז/ימין יש רוב בכנסת (ורוב גדול עוד יותר בקרב הבוחרים, בהתחשב בהרבה מצביעי כחול-לבן שרוצים רק להדיח את ביבי, וההצבעות הרבות המבזבזות למפלגות שלא עברה את אחוז החסימה). אלמלא ביבי-גייט, היינו זוכים להמשך של ממשלה יציבה ויעילה לפני חודשים מאז הבחירות באפריל. זה גם די פשוט, עם מעט בהירות מוסרית / פוליטית (כמו ביבי אמר על אולמרט): אפילו בלי הרשעה, ראש הממשלה לא יכול לתפקד תחת כתב אישום. (למי שחושב שההליך המשפטי לא יוביל להרשעה, פשוט כדאי לאפשר לו להתמקד במשפט מהיר וזיכוי, שייתכן שהעובדות מכתיבות אותו, כדי לאפשר את חזרתו.) ואת הפיתרון לדילמה אפשר לסכם בשם אחד (פשוט): יולי אדלשטיין. שימו לב, ראשית, שיולי הוא מספר 1 ברשימת הליכוד (ראש הממשלה אינו כלול ברשימה). מבחינה מבנית, הוא 'הבא בתור' בלי בחירות חדשות, כדי להוביל את הליכוד; מבחינה פוליטית, הוא המנהיג הפופולרי ביותר במפלגה מלבד ראש הממשלה. חשוב עוד יותר, יולי מקובל, אפילו נערץ, על פני הקשת הפוליטית והחברה הישראלית כולו - בג...

Yuli  Edelstein for a moral & stable government... and justice proceeds It's pretty simple, do the math: The Center/Right bloc has a majority in the Knesset (and an even larger majority in the electorate, given the many voters for Blue & White who just want Bibi out, and the many wasted votes for parties which didn't pass the threshold for three Knesset seats). If it wasn't for Bibi-gate, we'd have had a continuation of stable, effective government months ago, since the April elections. It's also pretty simple, with a little moral/political clarity (just quote Bibi on Olmert): even without a conviction, the PM cannot function under indictment.  (For those who think the legal process will not lead to a conviction, a simple corollary is to let him focus on a speedy trial and acquittal, which the facts may well dictate, to enable his return.) And the solution to the dilemma can be summed up with one (simple) name:  Yuli  Edelstein . ...

Interview with Aryeh about My Israel Trail on "Israel First" TV

Is it time yet for courageous leadership? Stable government: Israel's strategic necessity  "It is striking how very similar the platforms, policies and pronouncements of Likud and Blue & White are." [Slightly expanded/updated from Jerusalem Post version of 20 Sept.] Momentous challenges face Israel today – as always. Iran. Delegitimization. Hamas and Hezbollah. Arab/Palestinian hostility and intransigence. Social/economic issues. European growing antagonism. Electoral reform. Religious pluralism. Re-read this list. It is striking how very similar the platforms, policies and pronouncements of Likud party head Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue & White Party head Benny Gantz are. Yes, in the run-up to elections all focus was on what distinguishes them; but that’s electioneering.  In governing, and in looking to create a coalition, what they have in common is more important, and clear. The term “national unity government” is not relevant here. T...

On i24News last night, my key Bahrain takeaway: Arab & Muslim leaders recognize the legitimacy of the Jews’ return to our ancestral homeland and Israel’s founding. “The Jewish people have a place among us here” - Bahrain FM al-Khalifa. Watch... #myisraeltrail  www.myisraeltrail.com https://youtu.be/b4D_hjR21bc

My take on the US recognition of Israeli sovereignty on the Golan Heights Interview on  i24NEWS English  from their studio in Washington DC. It's a test case for a new concept of international law/diplomacy: the legitimacy of retaining strategic territory from which wars of aggression are launched. Formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, then part of the British Mandate for Palestine from 1918, then ceded to the French Mandate for Syria in 1923 and held by Syria from its independence in 1946 until it was captured in Israel's defensive military operations of the 1967 Six-Day War, following repeated Syrian attacks from the Heights on civilian Israeli villages below and cross-border incursions and land grabs between 1949-1967. Shame President  Barack Obama  or various other presidents didn't do it long ago, and that other western democracies are so trapped in mid-20th-century thinking they can't see the logic and justice of it. They will, eventually....  ...